Award-winning senior journalist @LivEchoNews // Previously @EFL and @PA For stories/tips: [email protected]
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Ben Roberts-Haslam retweeted
Calum McIntyre frontrunner to become the next @southport_fc manager. Work still to be done.
Craig Noone and Will Craggs will continue in the dugout tomorrow.
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NEW: Our first bit of breaking news from the Visiter newsletter and it comes as Mark Duffy departs Southport FC as manager.
The club parted company with Duffy after a dismal run of form - and hours after the Visiter raised now-deleted X posts.
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Ben Roberts-Haslam retweeted
As the year anniversary approaches of that memorable horror show on the eve of Halloween against Peterborough Sports, @southport_fc are finding that they need to pick themselves up out of the mire again.
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NEW: Philip Foster was labelled a "coward" after claiming his son was murdered in Spain, six months before his wife's death in the country, while on the run.
The ex-Brookside star has finally been jailed after an ECHO investigation.
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NEW: More details have emerged this afternoon as the Guardia Civil told me Foster was arrested while officers investigated a murder in Torrevieja.
The wanted fugitive was found with €22,000 and several fake ID documents.
More here for @LivEchonews: liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv…
BREAKING: Following my investigation into Philip Foster, revealing he had been living in the Costa Blanca, the former Brookside star has now been arrested.
He was detained just 7km from an apartment the ECHO linked him to living in as recently as May.
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BREAKING: Following my investigation into Philip Foster, revealing he had been living in the Costa Blanca, the former Brookside star has now been arrested.
He was detained just 7km from an apartment the ECHO linked him to living in as recently as May.
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WATCH: Following months of investigating and a trip to Spain, we have produced a documentary-style video on how we located wanted Brookside actor Philip Foster to the Costa Blanca - 500km from where authorities believed he was. @LivEchonews
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=GoI4Wzq4…
Twins Jamie and Aaron Small were the targets in an international murder plot which has resulted in eight arrests across Europe, the ECHO can confirm.
Police intercepted the plot to kill the Liverpool twins in Cyprus before making the arrests.
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EXCL: A Merseyside Police Matrix officer raped a woman in a Liverpool city centre hotel but was caught after his quick-thinking victim recorded the sexual assault on an app on her phone.
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NEW: My investigation is front page of the Echo today and shows the brazen reality of Foster's life.
We have since published my second feature on the area Foster was residing and how it has become the 'new Costa del Crime'.
Piece for @LivEchonews here: liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv…
EXC: Wanted criminal and former Brookside star Philip Foster was living in the Costa Blanca up until May this year, 500km from where police believed he was hiding.
Following months of investigating and a trip to Spain, here is my report for @LivEchonews:
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EXC: Wanted criminal and former Brookside star Philip Foster was living in the Costa Blanca up until May this year, 500km from where police believed he was hiding.
Following months of investigating and a trip to Spain, here is my report for @LivEchonews:
liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv…
Ben Roberts-Haslam retweeted
Congratulations to @benhaslam_ at @LivEchoNews for being awarded winner of Young Journalist of the Year, supported by Cecil King Memorial Foundation, at the #RegionalPressAwards2026
BREAKING: The ECHO can confirm Merseyside Police officer Scott Thompson has been charged following the death of Rachael Louise Moore on Christmas Eve 2022
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I’m out in Southport this afternoon where Prince William and Princess Kate are meeting with the families of Elsie, Alice and Bebe.
Follow here for updates as and when:
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NEW: I sat down with Lenny Scott’s parents, Paula and Neil, who opened up to me about the loss of their son after he was murdered by Elias Morgan. They told me they looked at him in the dock and knew he had not one ounce of remorse for what he did.
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BREAKING: Akinwale Arobieke has died aged 64.
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Julian Outram and his son’s friend Jim Smith are both season ticket holders and are brimming with excitement for the day ahead.
Julian said: “I’m excited, very excited, and it’s not often I say that going to an Everton game. It’s not Goodison but we needed a change.
Liam Smith, 32, (L) and friend Mark are season ticket holders and are looking forward to walking up to the ground for the first time.
Liam said: “I purposefully didn’t go to any of the test events, my dad did but I didn’t want to. This had to be the first game.
